Saturday Afternoon Screening

Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (TBA) 22 Jan 05, Saturday, 3.00pm

Canada 2002, English, Dance Drama, Colour/ B&W, 75 min. Director: Guy Maddin Cast: Zhang Wei-Qiang, Tara Birtwhistle, David Moroni, Cindy-Marie Small

Director Guy Maddin's "mesmerizing and completely original approach to dance on film" is a film of a ballet based on Bram Stoker's novel and performed to portions of Mahler's first two symphonies. More a dramatic feature than a dance piece, this lushly gothic rendering combines sensuous dance with pantomimed scenes and intertitles, richly reminiscent of silent films. Passionately danced by international guest stars and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Dracula is shot in dramatic black and white with splashes of bold colour added throughout.

LOL. This is funny. I have to watch this.